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March on Rome
The 1922 March on Rome was to establish Mussolini and the Fascist Party he led, as the most important political party in Italy. Fascists would be brought into Rome from all over Italy.All-important public buildings would be taken over including those outside of Rome in the important cities in the north.Mussolini would demand the resignation of the government and that a new Fascist government be allowed to take over.Armed Fascist were ready to takeover if the government didnt listen. -
Bolshevik Take Over
Many red guards, and armed factory workers joined Russian saliors to attack the Provisional Goverment. During these time the Provisional Goverment was in complete collapse. The goverment "kerensky" gave up with out a figh.After a week of fighting the Bolsheviks took over Moscow and made it their capital, and made Kremlin their headquarters. -
Creation of Fascist Party
Known as the Fascist Party, Mussolini's new right-wing organization advocated Italian nationalism, had black shirts for uniforms, and launched a program of terrorism and intimidation against its leftist opponents. -
Russian Civil War
After Novermber 1917 many monarchists, militarists, and foreign nations had created groups that oppose Lenni's Bolsheviks. They where known as the Whites. With the fall of Nickas II many Russians saw an opportunity to gain independence -
Dawes Plan
The U.S congress approved the Dawes Plan to help stabilize the European economy. The U.s lent money to Germany which helped them pay their reparations to Britain and Frace. Britain and France could then pay their war debts to the U.S -
Lenin's Death
Lenin died of a major stroke. He had been very ill a few years before his death. Still today his body is kepted well taken care of for everyone to seee -
NEP
(New Economical Policy). This new policy created by Lenin kept the government in control large industries such as, banks, and foreign trade. The NEP also allowed small businesses to have their own private profit. The NEP allowed a stable economy, by 1928 the food industry rose the the prewar levels. -
Collectivization
Stalin wanted to destrot the wealthy peasants, or kulaks so he to away their land and sent them to labor camps. They hadonly grown enough crops to feed themselves and the government seized all grain leaving them to starve. Along with poor harvests, this led to an awful famine and between 5 and 8million deaths. -
Five Year Plan
Stalin introduced the Five Year Plans. This brought all industry under state control and all industrial development was planned by the state. The state would decide what would be produced, how much would be produced and where it should be produced. An organization called Gosplan was created to plan all this out. Each plan set a target which industries had to meet. Each factory was set a target which it had to meet -
5 Year Plan
a plan created dor the NEP to keep a stabilized economy Was stablished by a communist party and was also used by many other communist partis -
Hitler was Named Chancellor
After Hitler was named chancellor he began to destroy the mechanisms of Weimar Democracy that he had used to gain power. First Hitler issed the Drcree fot the protection of German people. This gave the state police office the powerto surppress activities that were harmful to the state -
Stock Market Crash
This was the begining of the Great Depression ending all hope for an economic recovery. Many American banks ran out of money while Germans and Austrians could not pay their reparations to England and France -
Law Against Formation of Other Parties
Hitler did no allow any other arties but the Nazi parties to be formed. This ment that the Nazys would always have power since people only had one party to vote for. -
Invasion of Ethiopia
Mussolini, ordered Italian troops to invade Ethiopia. The Italian Fascist government had embarked upon a policy of colonial expansion in northeast Africa. Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia, appealed to the League of Nations for assistance to halt Italian aggression. Canada, along with Britain and France, refused to support military intervention to defend Ethiopian security. -
Great Purges
The great purge is also known as the great terror. In order to eiminate anyone who opposed his goverment Stalin sent out a purge of the Red Army and police officers to execute anyone who threatened his power. Around 10,000 soviets were killed -
Rape of Nanjing
Soldiers searched door-to-door for young girls, with many women taken captive and gang raped. The women were often killed immediately after the rape, often through explicit mutilation or by stabbing a bayonet, long stick of bamboo or other objects into the vagina. Young children were not exempt from these atrocities, and were cut open to allow Japanese soldiers to rape them. -
Nazi Soviet Nonagression Pact
This agreement stated that the two countries - Germany and the Soviet Union - would not attack each other. If there were ever a problem between the two countries, it was to be handled amicably. The pact was supposed to last for ten years; it lasted for less than two. -
Kristallanacht
The night of broken glass
Jewish attacks began, Nazi thugs assaulted German Jews and their communities. As much as 91 Jews died and 200 synagogues were in flames. -
Signing of Berlin,Rome and Tokyo Axi
The Rome Berlin Axis was made to ensure that high powers in countries, such as Rome, Berlin and Tokyo, if attacked would have sufficient help from other countries, who would help defend the countries inside the Rome-Berlin Axis.
